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by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, Can circumvent or hinder or control The firm resolve of a determined soul.
Gifts count for nothing: will alone is great;
All things give way before it, soon or late.
What obstacle can stay the mighty force Of the sea-seeking river in its course.
In which lines are the two authors trying to express a similar idea?
1. Wilcox: "Each well-born soul must win what it deserves"
Goethe: "Life's field will yield as we make it™
• 2. Wilcox: "Gifts count for nothing"
Goethe: "We must not hope to be mowers"
3. Wilcox: "The sea-seeking river in itS Zourse"
Goethe: "This mystical world of ours"
• 4. Wilcox: "Or cause the ascending orb of day to wait"
Goethe: "And to gather the ripe gold ears"
1. Wilcox: "Each well-born soul must win what it deserves"
Goethe: "Life's field will yield as we make it"